Bao wrote:Personally not a fan of tai chi turned into jumpy point sparring, much more of a traditionalist. Here's something from an old clip, will look for more.
https://youtu.be/CPkGWNOlNA4?t=263
Starting at 4.23
origami_itto wrote:Not the applications I'd pick but doesn't matter.
What I really like here is that he's not just doing his form and inserting a body. The movements here don't look very much like the form itself.
Instead he's demonstrating the energy of the posture,
which I feel is more appropriate for advanced students that understand how he's moving isn't exactly how you'd do your form and won't start modifying their form to make it look like this.
Applications I feel can serve two purposes, they can show you how to do the form or show you how to use the form. Each purpose is useful for a certain stage of development, but in practical use I feel like they are best discarded.
Bao wrote:origami_itto wrote:which I feel is more appropriate for advanced students that understand how he's moving isn't exactly how you'd do your form and won't start modifying their form to make it look like this.
IDK if I agree that it should be for advanced students. Trying to look exactly as the movements in the form is, IMHO, a mistake. Opponents, they change and move very swiftly. You can't "think" about how to respond, you need to be able to do it instantaneously without thinking. So you really need to adapt to an opponent in a formless, shapeless manner, mirroring their movements with your own. Be like water my friend.
Allan Featherstone 3 years ago wrote:At the start of the clip his student does Jin Gang Dao Dui (Buddha attendant pounds mortar) from chen taijiquan. Ren Zhongxin is known to teach Chen taijiquan, Wu taijiquan and Sun taijiquan.
nicklinjm wrote:@Marvin8, you beat me to it - was about to post Ren Zhongxin as well, he is my gold standard, he really shows how nei jin (a) nullifies quite a lot of common attacks and (b) allows him to break other people's structure / launch them out at will.
Bao wrote:Personally not a fan of tai chi turned into jumpy point sparring, much more of a traditionalist.
robert wrote:Not gold standard, but I think this is a reasonable push hands demo. This is the way I usually learn applications - within push hands. The partner is cooperative, but not overly compliant.
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